Book Description

Bound in original half green Morocco over green cloth, Spine with raised bands, gilt lettering and decoration. Binding solid, some slight marking to cloth. Marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Thick 8vo 2 Volumes bound in 1. Complete with both Title and Half Title pages. Text in very good clean condition, no inscriptions, no loose pages. Some foxing to endpapers and tissue guards. Beautifully illustrated with 104 Hand-Coloured engraved Plates, (7 fold out) Complete. With original tissue guards. Plates in fine condition. A most impressive publication with plates of such high quality, the fruits look good enough to eat.
Dealer Notes
The work entirely devoted to edible fruits and nuts was issued periodically and completed in July 1823.
Author Brookshaw, George
Date 1823
Binding Half Green Morocco Gilt
Publisher London: Sherwood, Jones, And Co.
Illustrator Brookshaw
Condition Very Good
Pages viii, [iv] 199pp

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